Acronis Backup for PC - User Guide - Manual (Page 85)

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2. Click Browse to specify a location for the DRP files.
4.7.8 E-mail notifications
This option is effective for Windows and Linux operating systems.
This option is not available when operating under the bootable media.
The option enables you to receive e-mail notifications about the backup task's successful completion,
failure or when user interaction is required.
The preset is: Disabled.
To configure e-mail notification
1. Select the Send e-mail notifications check box to activate notifications.
2. Under Send e-mail notifications, select the appropriate check boxes as follows:
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When backup completes successfully.
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When backup fails.
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When user interaction is required.
3. Select the Add full log to notification check box if you want the e-mail notification to include log
entries for the operation.
4. In the E-mail addresses field, type the destination e-mail address. You can enter several
addresses separated by semicolons.
5. In the Subject field, type the notification subject.
The subject can include ordinary text and one or more variables. In the received e-mail messages,
each variable will be replaced by its value at the time of task execution. The following variables
are supported:

%description%
For a machine running Windows, the %description% variable will be replaced by the text that
is given in the Computer description field of the machine. To specify this text, either go to
Control panel > System or run the following command as an administrator:
net config server /srvcomment:<text>
For a machine running Linux, the %description% variable will be replaced by an empty string
("").
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%subject%
The %subject% variable will be replaced by the following phrase: Task <task name> <task
result> on machine <machine name>.
6. In the SMTP server field, enter the name of the outgoing mail server (SMTP).
7. In the Port field, set the port of the outgoing mail server. By default, the port is set to 25.
8. If the outgoing mail server requires authentication, enter User name and Password of the
sender's e-mail account.
If the SMTP server does not require authentication, leave the User name and Password fields
blank. If you are not sure whether the SMTP server requires authentication, contact your
network administrator or your e-mail service provider for assistance.
9. Click Additional e-mail parameters... to configure additional e-mail parameters as follows:
a. From – type the name of the sender. If you leave this field empty, the messages will contain
the sender's e-mail account in the From field.